Busted!

[AndyH]

I had about 20 hours of music and quite a few photos on my pc at work and half way through the day one day my computer started freezing. After rebooting it was fine but all the pics and music was gone This also happened on the same day to the guy I sit next too (music and pics) so it was clearly the IT geeks wiping it off. My question is, do u think that I will get the bullett for having non-related work stuff on my pc? My biggest worry is that some of the pics were off the 'yeah butt no butt' link I posted and while not being full on porn, were still fairly rude . Oh, and I am only a temp although been there for quite along time..

[lilsensa]

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[qwerty2222]

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so what if you have some music and pics on your comp, you still got the work fine right?i really dont understand theese company rules, your work should be measured by your efficency not by a few private stuff you have on your comp

[day_for_night]

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see if you can find the company policy on it (maybe on the internal website, if you have one). I know we arent allowed music or file sharing on our comps, but its generally not grounds for dismissal unless you've already been warned a few times...

and querty, the restrictions usually apply cause of security...music, especially downloaded stuff *could* potentially contain viruses. i know they dont give a crap if you listen to music off a cd or dvd, but having it on your comp can cause them grief. ohh...and if the company backs up your hard drive on a regular basis, then music & pics eat up hd space on the backup servers.

[BureOne]

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I've worried about the same thing but never have had anything deleted... been at my company now for 6 1/2 years.. soo I guess Im safe. So far.

[e808]

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About 4 years ago, I got an email at work telling me to delete the 12GB of music on my work computer. I deleted it and nothing else came of it. Corporate America blows.

[ekm]

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Being a temp, you probably have to play by the rules more then others. Eventhough you have been there a while, it is infinitly easier for a corp to fire a temp then a full employee. While it is BS, you a probably better off keeping your choons on your ipod or thumb drive.

[swedetech]

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just by the simple fact that some a-hole looked what you had on your comp would make me look for another job... fuck that

[KinKyJ]

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Rule #1 never leave NSFW pics on your work pc, that's asking for it.

As for the music: they won't mind I guess. Got a mail from the nerd dept the other day to ask if I could please burn all my sets to CD-ROM cuz I was clogging up too much space on the server of my client. Whoopsie. The ps line read: "Btw, great taste in music, where did you get it?"

[picklemonkey]

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I've worked in IT for years, and for a long time I was server/deskside support. our policy was basically "if it's not stored on the server, not worth my time."

also a good practice to not store any illegal sets... livesets only should do you well I'd think

[edjames]

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c u later

[rainman]

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i have to deal with this with my employees. the companies point of view is they want to protect their investment in the computer. i understand your view though, because i do the same thing. rather than be a hypocrit, i overlook small things like this as long as
a) the computer doesn't get screwed up or
b) work is done right

play is acceptable at work as long as work is done first

you should be good. no harm, no foul

[nbpgt]

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I've worked in IT for years, and for a long time I was server/deskside support. our policy was basically "if it's not stored on the server, not worth my time."

also a good practice to not store any illegal sets... livesets only should do you well I'd think

when i was at corp america, that pretty much the attitude they had. & i would only keep live sets or radio broadcasts, no commercial.

[DIDI]

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Rule #1 never leave NSFW pics on your work pc, that's asking for it.

As for the music: they won't mind I guess. Got a mail from the nerd dept the other day to ask if I could please burn all my sets to CD-ROM cuz I was clogging up too much space on the server of my client. Whoopsie. The ps line read: "Btw, great taste in music, where did you get it?"

They are going to steal your CDS!!!

[KinKyJ]

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^^^ first the cats stealin my sammich, megahurtz and dataz, now the nerdz0rz stealin my CDs. Time to get me a gun